375 new foreign students were officially welcomed to Wroclaw Tech today. This includes 72 people who have chosen to study at our faculty. During a special ceremony, organised by the International Relations Office, they received the most important information related to the functioning of our university.

180 full-time students and another 195 under student exchange programmes from dozens of countries from all over the world inaugurated their studies at Wroclaw Tech. At our Faculty, these are 42 full-time and 32 exchange students respectively. For all of them, the International Relations Office prepared several days of various classes and workshops. The new male and female students have already taken part in a city game and learned why it is useful to have a PESEL number. They have also already integrated into smaller groups, and there are still tours of the campus and Wrocław ahead of them.

The most important moment of the introductory days (the so-called integration week) is the meeting in the C-13 building, where our new foreign students were welcomed by Vice-Rector for Cooperation Prof. Dariusz Łydżba.

"I am delighted that you have chosen our university. We are not only one of the best universities in Poland, but also a major European university. So you have made an excellent choice". And today I wish that when you graduate from WUT, you will be in such good spirits as today, when you have just started your adventure with our university", said Prof. Dariusz Łydżba.

Today, the new students could also learn, among other things, how to get around the campus, what and how.

This year, a total of 180 people have come to study full-time at Wroclaw Tech - most from Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Tanzania, Ukraine and Pakistan. The new students also include people from Egypt, Kenya, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, among others. Philippines and China. A further 195 people have come for a semester or a year - as part of student exchange programmes. Most of them come from France, Spain and Turkey. We also have male and female representatives from Georgia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Korea and the USA and Taiwan.

We asked four new international students about their first impressions and why they chose Wroclaw Tech:

Andrés Argüelles (Columbia) „I am originally from Colombia and some time ago I went on a tour of Central Europe. At the time, I really liked Wroclaw and the way people in Poland warmly welcomed me. As soon as I returned home, I started looking for opportunities to go on an exchange to Poland. During my search, I also found out that Wroclaw University of Science and Technology is a very good university, so I was happy to apply. I'm also glad that it's close to the mountains from Wroclaw, because I love mountain hiking”.

Xu Haryun (China) „I came here to meet new people and to get to know the culture and traditions, which are completely different to those in my country. I am studying computer science and will spend the next five months at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. I really like the local architecture and nature, which you can admire at every turn”.

Nisa Serexi (Turcja) „A friend of mine had already been to the Wroclaw Tech as an exchange student and couldn't rave about how much fun she had. That's why I decided to come here, even though it required me to change my field of study. I majored in industrial engineering in Turkey, but unfortunately there is no such major at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, so I decided to major in management. I came here with friends from my previous university. Besides studying, I want to spend time getting to know the Polish culture and new people”.

Nicah Sarah (Kenia) „I am originally from Kenya, but I decided to look for opportunities to study in Europe. I first chose Poland, and then thought for a long time about whether to go to a polytechnic in Warsaw or in Wroclaw. One of the factors that influenced my choice was the beautiful architecture of Wrocław. I plan to complete my master's degree in Big Data Analytics here and, if my visa allows, stay for two years. I've only been here for a week, but I'm already starting to get to know Polish cuisine. So far I've fallen in love with pierogi, but I can't get used to how much cream and chocolate is used in sweets”.